The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

The comforter's head never aches.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Instead of focusing on big goals,focus on small goals.Small victories always lead to large ones.Swami Vivekanand..

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.