A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.