The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it