Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

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.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.