Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen