Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

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

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.