Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

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

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou