Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

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

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing: