Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

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

There is no knowledge that is not power.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.