Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.