To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.

There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty.

The principle part of faith is patience.

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.

Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

The principal part of faith is patience.

Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives.

Saddam Hussein has been tenacious in his pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and, unless he is removed from power, he will eventually harm our nation and our allies. Every moment we delay allows him to grow stronger.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

To enable men to exercise that power is the object of protection.

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

During that space walk there will be some repositioning of the power so that the arm can be fully controlled by the robotic station that is in the Lab.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.