The great despisers are the greater reverers.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall 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.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Ittakes time to save time.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

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

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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