Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony