Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.