Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

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

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

To be preparedis half the victory.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.