We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

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

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

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.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.