Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

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.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.