Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

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

What is well done is done soon enough.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.