A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.