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

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

The property of power is to protect.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.