A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.