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 oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Example is better than following it.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.