A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

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,

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.