We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

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.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.