Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

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,

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Compromise,n. 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.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.