The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

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

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

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

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.