Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Habit: the shackles of the free

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.