What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.