All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

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 mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Genius is a long impatience.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.