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

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,

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

A half truth is a whole lie.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.