Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

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.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.