Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

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

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.