Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.