The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

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,

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

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

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.