The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

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.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.