Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Discord gives a relish to concord.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

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

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.