If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

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.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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