The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.