Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech