No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.