It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

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 desire for change is a sign of safety.

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

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

The greatest prayer is patience.