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

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Renown and repose do not go together.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.