Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

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...

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.