People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Every advantage has its tax

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body.... -ABDUL KALAM