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

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

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.