You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

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.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Faith is continuation of reason.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.