Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

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.