We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.