The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

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.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

He understands badly who listens badly.