I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Genius is a long impatience.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

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