It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

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 greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind