Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.