Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

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

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.