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

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,

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

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

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.