There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

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

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.