Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

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

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.