Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Every advantage has its tax

No strength within, no respect without.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.