Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.