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

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges