Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

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

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.