Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly read more

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

There is no original truth, only original error.

There is no original truth, only original error.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient read more

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as read more

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories.

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories.

One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is read more

One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a quick-silver faculty, and likely to be a cause of worry to any collective settlement.