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

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

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

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

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