Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.