It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Well done is better than well said.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.