Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.