A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

There is no knowledge that is not power.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

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

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.