Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

The first duty of love is to listen.

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

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.