Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.