It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristics in men.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.

To educate in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

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.

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.

Religion is a great force—the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get a man through his own religion and not through yours.

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

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

But all my life through, the very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise.