The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

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

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.