You canoutdistance 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,

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

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

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.