"Man is his own worst enemy...." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.”

“Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.”

“A man has no enemy worse than himself.”

“Your house is your larger body.”

“A man's name is not like a mantle which merely hangs about him...but a perfectly fitting garment, which, like the skin, has grown over him, at which one cannot rake and scrape without injuring the man himself.”

“Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.”

“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.”

“When an individual does not become conscious of their inner contradictions, the world acts out the conflict and is torn in opposite halves.”

“If I cannot live with myself, there must be two of me”