If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.