In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

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

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Patience is the art of hoping.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side