True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.