Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

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

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.