Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Power comes from sincere service

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

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.

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

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.