The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.