Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.