We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Only the educated are free.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

The property of power is to protect.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.