Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.