You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

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.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise