The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.