Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

A smile is a humble hidden treasure everyman has been endowed with that does not reveal itself until it is called for.

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.

If we could see things from a sufficient height above we should all realize that we are in fact proper objects of pity.

PARAPHRASE: Genius is not that you are smarter than everyone else. It is that you are ready to receive the inspiration.

If you ask an Irishman for directions, he might be quick to answer, Well if I were going there, I would not start here.

I'm a weak man, Navani. I really am. If I give myself a few feet of leeway, I burst through all of my prohibitions.

Always acknowledge a fault This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more

The ego wants to rule, but the heart will quietly prevail." -Jennifer Ritchie Payette, co-author, "Modular Career Design

True service is a lifestyle. It acts from the ingrained patterns of living. It springs spontaneously to meet human need.

Humility, kindness, integrity, and compassion are the fragrances that I wear, and I strongly recommend that you try them.

I read them (articles TR wrote on his honeymoon) all over to Edith and her corrections and help were most valuable to me.

Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow.

Plimpton was a presence. He looked for ways in which he could make himself ridiculous. That made him a great storyteller.

While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.