There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

To be preparedis half the victory.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

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