Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

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

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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.

COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.