It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

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.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.