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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

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

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.