To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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,

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.