Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

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.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

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

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

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

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.