Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

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

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous