A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

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

Those who trust us educate us.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

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

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

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.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.