Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

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

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.