Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

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

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

A room without books is a body without soul