If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

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.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.