The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

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

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.