Poems List

If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable percentage of our material is bound to malfunction even before it is deployed against a foe. We no longer waste manpower by carrying the flag into battle. Instead we need battalions of electronic engineers to keep the terrible machinery grinding.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.

If your vision becomes distorted, your journey becomes delayed.”

We ust find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

It is only necessary to grow old in order to become more indulgent. I see no fault committed that I have not been myself inclined to.

Attachment is the still water in which the mosquitoes of stress grow."

As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and answers at every point except where they can be found--in himself.

You are the product of your own brainstorm.

Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don't make it wait any longer."

The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.

Increase your personal power through positive and powerful communication. Recognize and eliminate negative self talk.

There is a universal law; INTENT is the cause, your life is the effect.

Behaviour is a mirror in which every one shows his image.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.

Happiness is not the absence of problems; it's the ability to deal with them."

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do -- can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.

The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same thing."

It is not enough to know; we must apply what we know. It is not enough to will; we must also act.