Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

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

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.