The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

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

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

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.