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

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

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.