In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.