Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.