The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

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

The greatest prayer is patience.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

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

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

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