It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.