Evil alone has oil for every wheel

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

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.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

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

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Ittakes time to save time.

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

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.