The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

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

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

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.