Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

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

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.