Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.