It is not so much for its beauty
that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as the quality of air that emanate from old trees, that so
wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. - Robert Louis Stevenson
For two people to please one another they must be very nearly alike, so that they may understand each other, and slightly different, so that they may have something to understand in each other. - Unknown
One and the same thing can at the
same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy,
bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf. - Baruch Spinoza
To say exactly what you think and
what you mean is very important, because generalities may often be interpreted
in several different ways. Others can’t read you mind. - Unknown
The ultimate in disposing one’s troops is to be without ascertainable shape. Then the most penetrating spies cannot pry in nor can the wise lay plans against you. - Sun Tzu
You will find
that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other
people, will, in the quickest and most delicate ways, improve yourself. - John
Ruskin
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