You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.