Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

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

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Example is better than following it.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.