The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

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

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.