Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

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

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.