Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

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

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

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.