Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

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

Sweet is pleasure after pain

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.