A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

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

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.