A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

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.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.