All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.