Nostrength within, no respect without.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

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

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