It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

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

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.