Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

The property of power is to protect.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Thereare two sides to every question.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.