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,

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.