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

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Example is better than following it.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.