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

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

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

Buying ischeaper than asking.