Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

He understands badly who listens badly.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

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 fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.