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

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.