The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.