The flowers of life

The flowers of life
The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!
  

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Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.
Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.
To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.
Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.
I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.