He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

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

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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