It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

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