I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Renown and repose do not go together.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.