The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

To be preparedis half the victory.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

To teach isto learn twice.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.