Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

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

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.