Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Genius is a long impatience.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

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

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.