Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

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

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.