I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

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