The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

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.

Patience is the art of hoping.

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

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.