It's good to shut up sometimes.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to