Genius is a long impatience.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

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,

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.