The great despisers are the greater reverers.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

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

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.