I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Our errors are steps on the way.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

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