A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

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 mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

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