A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

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,

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.