Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

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

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

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

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

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.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.