A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Our distrust is very expensive.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

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

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

A half truth is a whole lie.