It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

A half truth is a whole lie.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Our errors are steps on the way.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.