To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.