Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Every advantage has its tax

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

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.