It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

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

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.