To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

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

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.