Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

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.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

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

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

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