Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

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,

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.