The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.