Malicedrinketh its own poison.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

The first duty of love is to listen.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

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

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.