Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.