The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.