Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Compromise,n. 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.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

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,

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.