A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

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