Ability is poor men's wealth

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

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

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

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.