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.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

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

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.