Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

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.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.