Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

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

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.