There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.