To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

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,

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.