Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

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.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.