The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

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,

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.