Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

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

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.