A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

No strength within, no respect without.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.