He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

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

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

A language is like living skin itself.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.