Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

A room without books is a body without soul

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.