Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

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

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.