Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

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

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.