Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

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 last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.