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,

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.