I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…