The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Renown and repose do not go together.

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

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

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

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.