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

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

A room without books is a body without soul

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

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

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.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.