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

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

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.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

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