Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.