I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.