Silence is argument carried out by other means.

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

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

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

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought