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

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

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.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.