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,

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

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

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?