Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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