Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

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

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?