The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

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.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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

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

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

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.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.