Mistakes are the usual bridge ...

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
 Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.
 Phyllis Grissim-Theroux
To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere, without moving anything but your heart.
 Phyllis Grissim-Theroux
A party is a slightly artificial event where one learns the rudiments of human behavior at its most admirable: speaking when spoken to, looking somebody in the eye, shaking hands and being friendly under duress.
 Phyllis Grissim-Theroux