An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.