A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

The present is never a happy state to any being

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war