Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

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.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?