Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

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

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.