History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case." --

The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

When we inform, we lead from strength; when we communicate, we lead from weakness—and it is precisely this confession of mortality that engages the ears, heads and hearts of those we want to enlist as allies in a common cause.

Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.