Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.