Nothing is a permanent except change.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

No strength within, no respect without.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

As long as there is life there is danger.

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

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.