you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.