The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

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.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

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

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.