Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

... 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

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.