Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

A half truth is a whole lie.

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