Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

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.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.