Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

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

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

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

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

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

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