Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

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.