Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

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

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

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

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.