A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

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,

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.