The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp