Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

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.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.