If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

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

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

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

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.