Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Example is better than following it.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

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.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.