If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

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

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.