The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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

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

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.