Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

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

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.