Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

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

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Genius is a long impatience.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

The first duty of love is to listen.