The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.