Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

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

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.