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

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.