Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.