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

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.