If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.