Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.