Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

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,

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.