It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.