Malice drinketh its own poison.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

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 greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking