Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

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

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

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

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.