The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

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

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.