A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

... 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