Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

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

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.