Nogarden is without its weeds.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it