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,

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.