It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.