Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

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

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.