You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

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

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

To be preparedis half the victory.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.