If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

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

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.