Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

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

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Only the educated are free.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.