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

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

EDUCATION BEGINS WITH LIFE.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.