None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

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

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.