He who gainsa

He who gainsa
He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.
  

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A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.
Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
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.
Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise
Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.
We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.
Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.
The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.
Themost prepared are the most dedicated.
He understands badly who listens badly.
It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.