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,

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

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.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.