Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

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.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.