The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

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.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Our errors are steps on the way.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.