Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

... 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

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.