The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

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

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

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

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.