Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

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.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout