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.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

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

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.