The mostimportant things

The mostimportant things
The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.
  

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All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.
The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.
Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.
Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.
Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.
Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?
Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.
Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.
Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.