Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind
with whips and stings.

Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind
with whips and stings.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?.

Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?.

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to
get it.

Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to
get it.