Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.