Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

To beprepared is half the victory.

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

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Example is better than following it.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.