The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.