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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.