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

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

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

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.