Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

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.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

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

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.