To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.