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

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

The property of power is to protect.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.