Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.