One of the lessons

One of the lessons
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
  

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It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.
A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.
A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.
Failingto plan is planning to fail.
Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.
Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
Better hazard than always be in fear.
This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.
A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer