All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

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

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

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

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

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,

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.