You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

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

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out