If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.