It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

God made time, but man made haste.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.