He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

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

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.