Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

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

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

If you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body...." -ABDUL KALAM..

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.