Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

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.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.