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

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

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.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.