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,

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.