Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Those who trust us educate us.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.