It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di