Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

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.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

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

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

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.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.