Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.