Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

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

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.