To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

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

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.