Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

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

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