Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.