Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

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.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.