The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

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.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.