Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

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

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.