The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

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

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

... 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

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.