The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

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,

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.