What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

The greatest prayer is patience.