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.

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

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Our distrust is very expensive.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.