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

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

To beprepared is half the victory.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

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

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.