I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

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,

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

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

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out