A half truth is a whole lie.

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

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,

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain