Most Quarrels Amplify A Misunderstanding.

No Encounter Occured That Day, And I Was Glad Of It; I Took Out Of My Pocket A Little Homer I Had Not Opened Since Leaving Marseilles, Reread Three Lines Of The Odyssey, Learned Them By Heart; Then, Finding Sufficient Sustenance In Their Rhythm And Reveling In Them At Leisure, I Closed The Book And Remained, Trembling, More Alive Than I Had Thought Possible, My Mind Numb With Happiness.

True Kindness Presupposes The Faculty Of Imagining As One's Own The Suffering And Joys Of Others.

To What A Degree The Same Past Can Leave Different Marks - And Especially Admit Of Different Interpretations.

It Is Easier To Lead Men To Combat, Stirring Up Their Passion, Than To Restrain Them And Direct Them Toward The Patient Labors Of Peace.

The World Will Be Saved By One Or Two People.