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.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

... 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

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.