He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.