Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.