Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

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

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!