Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

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

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

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.