One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

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

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.