Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.