Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

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

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.