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

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.