A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

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.

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.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.