The present is never a happy state to any being

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

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