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.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

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

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.