True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

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

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

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.