A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.