Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

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

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

As a final incentive before giving up a

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

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.