The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

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

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.