Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government