Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

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

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

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.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.