The greatest prayer is patience.

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.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

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.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

A room without books is a body without soul

The desire for change is a sign of safety.