Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Stability is not immobility

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.