Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

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

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.