A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

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

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.