Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

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.