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,

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.