The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

A language is like living skin itself.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

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.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

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

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !