The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

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.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.