Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

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

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

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.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.