Nevermistake silence for agreement.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

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.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

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

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