I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Think big, believe big and act big for gaining victory over your difficulties.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

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

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.