Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!