When work is pleasure, life is joy.

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

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

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

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.