Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

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

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

God made time, but man made haste.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.