You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.