We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

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

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.