Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.