The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.