Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.