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

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.