I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Lie to a liar, for lies are his coin; steal from a thief, for that is easy; lay a trap for a trickster and catch him at first attempt, but beware of an honest man.

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

Consensus: the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: 'I stand for consensus?

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.

When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?

The heights by great men reached and kept Where not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.