I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.