A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

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

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.