Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

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

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.