It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.