In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

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

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.