When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.