A Thousand Paths to Personal Power

Welcome to the front porch this evening, folks. Let's mellow out tonight and chat a little about this nice book I'm reading, A Thousand Paths to Personal Power, by Robert Allen.

It consists of small, bite-sized quotes, which makes it ideal for bathroom reading and the attention-impaired. It covers a wide spectrum of topics loosely related to personal power, with quotes and aphorisms from a wide variety of well-known and anonymous people.

I believe you'll find in it some validation, cheer, instructive thought if you want it. Some quotes you'll find disagreeable, others irrelevant, but occasionally you'll catch one pertinent to you and your present mood and situation. Not unlike a box of chocolates!

Here are a few I found that touched me in some way...

"My friend Paul used to see an old lady each day on his way to the shops. He'd say hello, how are you, nice day---just routine stuff. After she died she left behind a letter thanking him for their little chats. They were, appparently, the only ones she'd had."

"Whenever someone says, 'You have no alternative,' they are anxious that you will spot the alternative."

"Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long." ---Robert Lynd

"Make sure you say all the things that need to be said so that, one day, you don't have to think 'I never told X that.'"

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." ---Leonardo da Vinci

"In my town there was a notorious junction presided over by traffic lights. One day the lights failed and people had to decide between them whose turn it was. It worked so well they got rid of the lights."

"A horse can pull a cart that a man could not move one inch. The man tells the horse to go, stop, turn left, turn right. So why do they call it horsepower?"

"It is no wonder that someone founded a financial empire on the simple idea of helping people find their old school friends. What an irresistible bargain!"

"Do not remove the mosquito from a friendd's brow with a hatchet." ---Chinese Proverb

"Your belief in people brings them to full bloom."

Hope you found some of those useful in some way to you---let us all know!!