Power tires only those who do not have it.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.