It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out