It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him