I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

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

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

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

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

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.