Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

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.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.