Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

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.