Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

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,

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.