Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

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.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.