He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

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

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.