I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

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.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Well done is better than well said.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

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