Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

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

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

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

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

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.