He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to