It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

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

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.