The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.