Intelligence is not

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

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Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.
Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.
A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.
Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.
To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.
Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.
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.
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.
Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.
One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.