I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Well done is better than well said.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.