Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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,

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.