Allthings at first appear difficult.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Thereare two sides to every question.