Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

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

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!