A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.