Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

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

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.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.