Sweet is pleasure after pain

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

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

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.