The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.