Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Neversay more than is necessary.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.