All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.

If we are out of synch with ourselves, everything is out of synch for us.

You don't have to travel around the world to understand that the sky is blue everywhere

No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

The people rate strength before everything.

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.