Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.