Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

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.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the