There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

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