The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

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

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.