Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.