Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di