If youare leaning

If youare leaning
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.
  

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Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.
Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.
Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.
The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.
When our hearts are empty, we collect things.
Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.