The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.