Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.