By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

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.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.