Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.