Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

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 ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.