Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

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

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

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

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom