Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Example is better than following it.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

... 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

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Sweet is pleasure after pain