Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.