Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

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

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

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.