To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.