Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

... 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

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

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

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.