The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

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.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.