Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

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,

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.