When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

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.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

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

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