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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

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

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.