Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.