Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.