Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Power comes from sincere service

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.