To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

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,

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.