Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

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

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.