A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

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

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.