It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

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

Well done is better than well said.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

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