Ifyou are 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.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp