Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

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

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

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