A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

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

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.