If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Opportunists take now for an answer.