A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

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

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.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.