You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

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

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.