Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.