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

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.