It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.