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

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

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

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.