A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.