Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

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