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.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.