Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

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

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!