There is no knowledge that is not power.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

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.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.