A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important