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

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Throughconflict we get to unity.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.