There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.