I hold it to be

I hold it to be
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
  

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Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.
The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.
Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.
Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved
Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous
The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.
If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.
Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.
Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.