WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

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.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

What isthe shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback isone of the essential elements of good communication.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.