Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

Every advantage has its tax

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

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,