Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

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

Ittakes time to save time.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.