Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

A room without books is a body without soul

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.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

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.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free