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

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

The greatest prayer is patience.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

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

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.