Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Habit: the shackles of the free

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.