Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

The comforter's head never aches.

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

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

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.