Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

When you hear the word 'Invietable' watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.