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,

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.