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

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

A room without books is a body without soul

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

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.