Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

They know enough who know how to learn.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

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 can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.