The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

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

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

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

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.