Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.