The greatest prayer is patience.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

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.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

God made time, but man made haste.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.