Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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…

Ability is poor men's wealth

Our errors are steps on the way.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.