Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

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

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

A language is like living skin itself.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.