Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.