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 said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.