In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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,

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.