Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

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

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.