Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.