Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

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

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Every advantage has its tax

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

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

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.