Outside noisy, inside empty.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

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.

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.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.