To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Outside noisy, inside empty.