To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

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,

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.