It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

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 most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.