Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by