One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Example is better than following it.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

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

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.