Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.