Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.