Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

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,

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

God has created the world in play.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.