If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

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.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.