Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

You can't unscramble an egg.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

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

Silenceis the mother of truth.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.