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

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

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

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

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

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.