Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

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

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.