COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.