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,

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.