A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

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

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Discord gives a relish to concord.