The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.