Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

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

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

God has created the world in play.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.