No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.