No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

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

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist