Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The property of power is to protect.

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

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.