Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

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

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.