Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

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.

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

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.