Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.