Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

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