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.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Every advantage has its tax

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.