Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.