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.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

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.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

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

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.