To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

Our errors are steps on the way.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.