A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

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.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .