In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

The property of power is to protect.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.