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

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

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

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

God made time, but man made haste.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.