Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.