Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

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.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

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

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

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.