Compromise,n. Such an

Compromise,n. Such an
Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
  

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The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.
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.
If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.
Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.
Every advantage has its tax
The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.
There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.
The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.
The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.