Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

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

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains