Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

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

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.