I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.