The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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,