Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.