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,

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

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

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.