It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

To be preparedis half the victory.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.