Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.