We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

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

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.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.