Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.