Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.