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

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

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

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.