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

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.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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