I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out