Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

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

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave