I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It's good to shut up sometimes.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

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

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.