Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

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.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.