A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

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.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

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

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.