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

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

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