But all my life through, the very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
- Topic: Enthusiasm, Power
- Location: Nevada, Reno
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings.
What barrier is there that love cannot break?
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An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity.
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He who does not desire power is fit to hold it.
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Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
