I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.