Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Takecare, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you willforever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make adifference, if you choose to do so.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.