Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.