Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.