There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

As long as there is life there is danger.

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.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

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

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

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

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.