Faith is continuation of reason.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

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

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.