Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Only the educated are free.

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

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen