The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.