Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

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

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.