The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon 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

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government