Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

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

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.