Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di