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

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

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

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.