A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

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.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

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

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again