Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

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

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.