Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

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