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,

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.