The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

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

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.