In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

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

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.