Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable