Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

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 principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.