The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

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 larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.