We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

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

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.