Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.