The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Those who trust us educate us.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

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

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.