Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.