Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.