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.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.