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

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.