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

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.