Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.