People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Onemust talk little and listen much.