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.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

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.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

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