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.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.